Lagaholm
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| Name | Lagaholm | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.818 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Eriksbergs Mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | A/B Svenska Amerika-Mexiko Linien, Gothenburg | ||
| Homeport | Gothenburg | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Mar, 1940 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-32 (Hans Jenisch) | ||
| Position | 59.34N, 05.10W - Grid AM 3465 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 28 (1 dead and 27 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Baltimore - New York - Kirkwall - Gothenburg - Malmö | ||
| Cargo | 4700 tons of general cargo, including copper, engines and chemicals and mail | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.15 hours on 2 Mar, 1940, the neutral Lagaholm was ordered to stop by U-32 about 80 miles west of Kirkwall. The crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats after a shot across her bow, they were questioned by the Germans and given the course to the nearest land. At 08.10 hours, the ship was shelled with 40 rounds from the deck gun, caught fire and sank later in 59°42N/05°35W. The survivors were picked up by the Norwegian motor merchant Belpamela and landed at Kirkwall. The Lagaholm and Belpamela had been ordered to Kirkwall by the British armed boarding vessels HMS Northern Sky and HMS Northern Princess for contraband inspection. U-32 had first attacked Belpamela with three torpedoes at 01.12, 02.12 and 04.56 hours, but all detonated prematurely. The commander experimented with the torpedo settings between the shots, but gave up after the third attack and decided to stop the other ship with gunfire. | ||
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